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Countdown to 4.4.3

Now that the international version has gotten it, how long do you think before us verizon users get it? I'm guessing 6 months if history is any indicator.

On 4.4.4 now just flash a rom

MrMalone said:
Now that the international version has gotten it, how long do you think before us verizon users get it? I'm guessing 6 months if history is any indicator.
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Knowing Verizon we'll see 4.4.3 about six months after L comes out for all other M8's....

Haven't used stock since the day I got the phone, only roms
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Dougau said:
Knowing Verizon we'll see 4.4.3 about six months after L comes out for all other M8's....
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Verizon was on top of updates for the M7. Don't see why it'd change now.

brholt6 said:
Verizon was on top of updates for the M7. Don't see why it'd change now.
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Hopefully they keep the trend going but if history is any indicator, Verizon being prompt was more of a fluke than a new way of doing things.

What phones was Verizon last to get updates? People have been saying this before VZW even started getting the same phones as other carriers. It's like comparing oranges to apples. VZW has only had exclusive phones like the droid line and the incredible /rezound before the S3..For the S3, note 2, S4, ALL carriers INCLUDING VZW had them and I had updates same time as anyone else.
Can someone elaborate on what phones Verizon took months to update?
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richii0207 said:
What phones was Verizon last to get updates? People have been saying this before VZW even started getting the same phones as other carriers. It's like comparing oranges to apples. VZW has only had exclusive phones like the droid line and the incredible /rezound before the S3..For the S3, note 2, S4, ALL carriers INCLUDING VZW had them and I had updates same time as anyone else.
Can someone elaborate on what phones Verizon took months to update?
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In my personal experience, the DroidX, Galaxy Nexus and Motorola Maxx. Google would release a version, the manufacturer would have to apply their changes and then Verizon had final approval. Not only does the handset manufacturer have to update for their kernel, UI (Sense, Blur (back in the day), etc.) but they would then put VZW's crap in there as well. 6 months was typical.

bwanshoom said:
In my personal experience, the DroidX, Galaxy Nexus and Motorola Maxx. Google would release a version, the manufacturer would have to apply their changes and then Verizon had final approval. Not only does the handset manufacturer have to update for their kernel, UI (Sense, Blur (back in the day), etc.) but they would then put VZW's crap in there as well. 6 months was typical.
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Those are VZW exclusive phones. We don't know if it was the manufacturer's fault or Verizon. It could've been Motorola's and Samsung's fault for the delay. That's why I said you can't compare exclusive phones.
I'm pretty sure a manufacturer would work harder and faster to update a phone that carriers across the globe have versus a phone that only one carrier in the world has. Example: Motorola X vs Maxx
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richii0207 said:
Those are VZW exclusive phones. We don't know if it was the manufacturer's fault or Verizon. It could've been Motorola's and Samsung's fault for the delay. That's why I said you can't compare exclusive phones.
I'm pretty sure a manufacturer would work harder and faster to update a phone that carriers across the globe have versus a phone that only one carrier in the world has. Example: Motorola X vs Maxx
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GNex was by no means VZW exclusive.Sprint had an LTE version and GSM models were available in the Play Store.
But your point is valid - the bulk of the delay is with the manufacturer putting their crap on top of Android. Verizon has nothing to do in this process but approve - they're accepting delivery of the product when the manufacturer is done with it. That can still take a bit - I participated in several soak tests with Motorola where they are done with the update and they're testing the delivery. In a few cases there was a 2 week gap from the time of the completion of the soak test to the time it was released and that's Verizon, at least according to the Motorola employees in their forums.

The M8 is already the last phone to get the latest update. We still don't have extreme power saving mode without flashing a rom.

jojomexi said:
The M8 is already the last phone to get the latest update. We still don't have extreme power saving mode without flashing a rom.
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I sure hope I never get stranded on an island or in the Alaskan wilderness. [emoji6]

brholt6 said:
I sure hope I never get stranded on an island or in the Alaskan wilderness. [emoji6]
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Hey now I don't NEED it persay. But there's been many timrs I could stand to place it into EPSM when my battery is low. Its annoying that every carrier got the updates awhile ago and L is coming out and we still dont have an estimate on any updates

jojomexi said:
Hey now I don't NEED it persay. But there's been many timrs I could stand to place it into EPSM when my battery is low. Its annoying that every carrier got the updates awhile ago and L is coming out and we still dont have an estimate on any updates
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Haha I know, it would be nice to have. Isn't Sprint the only US carrier with the update so far, though?

brholt6 said:
Haha I know, it would be nice to have. Isn't Sprint the only US carrier with the update so far, though?
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All carriers have gotten updated for EPSM. But yes Sprint is the only one currently with 4.4.3

jojomexi said:
The M8 is already the last phone to get the latest update. We still don't have extreme power saving mode without flashing a rom.
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VZW was the first to get the 1.55 update . Why does xda always form cults against every carrier. Nobody is ever happy...same complaints in T-Mobile, Sprint, and att forums.
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richii0207 said:
VZW was the first to get the 1.55 update . Why does xda always form cults against every carrier. Nobody is ever happy...same complaints in T-Mobile, Sprint, and att forums.
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Are we still talking the m8? I've had my m8 since day 1 and the first update we got was AFTER a few other carriers already got EPSM. And I was stoked we would have it. Then I updated and realized it didn't include it and was disappointed. Not forming hatred at all. But wanted to at least have the option for espm on our phone.

Verizon needs to figure out how to break Root and S-off with 4.4.3 on HTC phones before they will push it out.............

Dougau said:
Verizon needs to figure out how to break Root and S-off with 4.4.3 on HTC phones before they will push it out.............
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I can see it now. 4.4.3 breaks root and s-off on Verizon M8!!
3 days later... New root and s-off method available for Verizon HTC One M8 thanks to beaups, jcase and fuses (maybe?).
Sent from my HTC One M8 running Insert Coin. S-OFF.

pball52998 said:
I can see it now. 4.4.3 breaks root and s-off on Verizon M8!!
3 days later... New root and s-off method available for Verizon HTC One M8 thanks to beaups, jcase and fuses (maybe?).
Sent from my HTC One M8 running Insert Coin. S-OFF.
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I'm just waiting for them to release an updated Kernel and firmware. I survive on custom ROMS

Samsung Confirms Lollipop 5.0 Updates For Galaxy S4

Feeling Happy . Good News
Below The List It Shows : The next version of Android: 5.0 Lollipop
http://www.samsung.com/fi/info/update.html#mobile
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_to_bring_lollipop_to_s4_note_2_and_others-news-10566.php

I've had lollipop on my s4 for a week thanks to ib4stid

Coming December 2015!
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Punisher420 said:
I've had lollipop on my s4 for a week thanks to ib4stid
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Was it easy to do on your AT&T S4??? Was everything working Wifi and connect to ATT Ok???

Neontc said:
Coming December 2015!
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Lol more like December 2016 with the way at&t lags with updates.

Punisher420 said:
I've had lollipop on my s4 for a week thanks to ib4stid
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StoneyJSG said:
Lol more like December 2016 with the way at&t lags with updates.
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Amen on SLOW AT&T UPDATES

Everything worked perfect first try

Punisher420 said:
Everything worked perfect first try
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You must be referring to kangapop? I wish I could try it.

Murasakiii said:
You must be referring to kangapop? I wish I could try it.
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Me as well, I ran @iB4STiD rom's for a long time then was forced into an update which locked my phone up so now I'm safestrapped for life. Really don't mind nj4 just want Lollipop. I have it on my Nexus 7 and with the update to 5.0.2 it's running smooth and quick.

Ask the important questions, man!
Does Samsung plan to unlock the i337 bootloaders with the lollipop update!?

VladimirMan93 said:
Does Samsung plan to unlock the i337 bootloaders with the lollipop update!?
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It's AT&T locking them not Sammy.

~wolverine~ said:
It's AT&T locking them not Sammy.
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I have an alleged i9505 with an AT&T BL.
however, the droid os belongs to samsung since they're the ones doing the edits, fixes and customization.

VladimirMan93 said:
I have an alleged i9505 with an AT&T BL.
however, the droid os belongs to samsung since they're the ones doing the edits, fixes and customization.
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The issue is AT&T says we will buy it if you lock it to us so we can keep our customers and make it more of a chore to leave our company. Samsung says ok because we want the sales and that's why it's done... Samsung can care less once they sell you the phone what you do with it and they already built ways to know what you did to the phone for warranty returns. (So they can deny the claims that are caused by you not listening.)
If you want to get mad at anyone get mad at AT&T just like verizon they play every trick in the book.
That's why if you buy a phone full price you always go international version

BehrendsTech said:
The issue is AT&T says we will buy it if you lock it to us so we can keep our customers and make it more of a chore to leave our company. Samsung says ok because we want the sales and that's why it's done... Samsung can care less once they sell you the phone what you do with it and they already built ways to know what you did to the phone for warranty returns. (So they can deny the claims that are caused by you not listening.)
If you want to get mad at anyone get mad at AT&T just like verizon they play every trick in the book.
That's why if you buy a phone full price you always go international version
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It is supose to be unlocked I had the same phone i9505 with i337 bootloader it came that way from the factory at Vietnam cause I bought it brand new,

Albie_Stark said:
It is supose to be unlocked I had the same phone i9505 with i337 bootloader it came that way from the factory at Vietnam cause I bought it brand new,
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I have heard of that happening from people that buy online but I don't know much about them I believe someone in one of the threads (that was an at&t or samsung source) said they were at&t branded internationals (meaning they were to be sold through at&t for corporate or maybe coverage outside the US?, though I don't know much more because I only stay up to date on the US versions
If you just bought it you might want to check your buying source (example amazon will give you a new phone if you buy the international that's meant to be used with several carriers), if you have owned it for awhile then you're in the same boat as the rest of us.
I don't think the bootloader will ever be unlocked unless..
A law requires them too...
Someone finally finds a exploit (which because less likely as more people switch to newer phones)
They have a security leak like Sony where the key is discovered.

BehrendsTech said:
I have heard of that happening from people that buy online but I don't know much about them I believe someone in one of the threads (that was an at&t or samsung source) said they were at&t branded internationals (meaning they were to be sold through at&t for corporate or maybe coverage outside the US?, though I don't know much more because I only stay up to date on the US versions
If you just bought it you might want to check your buying source (example amazon will give you a new phone if you buy the international that's meant to be used with several carriers), if you have owned it for awhile then you're in the same boat as the rest of us.
I don't think the bootloader will ever be unlocked unless..
A law requires them too...
Someone finally finds a exploit (which because less likely as more people switch to newer phones)
They have a security leak like Sony where the key is discovered.
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OMG!! I supouse that.... but it is ok for me, my phone was manufactured on 11-28-14,I bought it on december 12 if you want to see the whole story look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/bought-i9505-china-i337-bootloader-t2985230
@VladimirMan93 the answer to our pain

BehrendsTech said:
That's why if you buy a phone full price you always go international version
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Or at the very least stop the store worker from updating it when you first activate it. When I bought mine she took it out of the box, turned it on and immediately accepted the update notification and installed it after it downloaded when she put the screen protector on..

@Apoplectic1
You should have made her give you different one. I do not and will not allow a store clerk to setup or mess with a phone I'm buying. :good:

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@Apoplectic1
You should have made her give you different one. I do not and will not allow a store clerk to setup or mess with a phone I'm buying. :good:
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I would have had I known that AT&T locked their bootloaders. This is the first phone that I have owned that had one, and until I tried to mess around with it I had no idea that one could lock a bootloader.

Sadly, I won't be able to get the Lollipop update unless I want my phone locked down forever because I am one of the few people that is still on the MDL firmware which can use the LOKI bootloader bypass to boot custom ROMs.

Marshmallow?

Any idea when this phone till get it with verizon, non GPE?

nervana1 said:
Any idea when this phone till get it with verizon, non GPE?
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If you check around it was suppose to be promised to tmobile a few days ago, so, knowing Verizon and the ungodly amount of bloat they shove down our throats and how they disable features because 'they' think they are not useful, i predict into February easy.

I miss the days when these RUUs leaked early. I'm not sure why that stopped.

MajikUF said:
I miss the days when these RUUs leaked early. I'm not sure why that stopped.
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If memory served me correct it was someone by the name of 'football' who leaked them. Maybe he got fired lolz.
I am considering jumping ship from HTC and getting a nexus 5x, I am just frustrated with 'Verizon Certified' stuff. it is usually a bunch of bloatware and then they go in and disable features. Besides HTC will only support the device for 2 years. I like the idea of the software update coming directly from Google; like Apple does it, zero carrier intervention is the way to go.
Not sure I know anyone with a nexus 5x to ask what they think.

No one knows. HTC promised it by the end of last year, but they only made that deadline for the international version. The US isn't a priority in Taiwan.
You can run Santod's NuSenSeveN if you're S-OFF. That's pretty close to what we'll get, minus bloatware. And it pretty much runs perfectly. I'm currently on Captain's GPE, which was made for Sprint but works just fine on Verizon.
I'm going to Project Fi in June, just as soon as my contract is up. To the day. I'm jumping to a 128GB 6P.
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Not sure I know anyone with a nexus 5x to ask what they think.
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Check Best Buy. I heard they were carrying the 6P. Might have the 5X as well. No guarantees though. YouTube should have some videos. I like Marques Brownlee. His specialty is cameras (pro grade) so when he talks about a phone's camera, he knows what he's talking about. And he's well versed in the other aspects as well. Here's his review of the Nexus 5X.

carm01 said:
If memory served me correct it was someone by the name of 'football' who leaked them. Maybe he got fired lolz.
I am considering jumping ship from HTC and getting a nexus 5x, I am just frustrated with 'Verizon Certified' stuff. it is usually a bunch of bloatware and then they go in and disable features. Besides HTC will only support the device for 2 years. I like the idea of the software update coming directly from Google; like Apple does it, zero carrier intervention is the way to go.
Not sure I know anyone with a nexus 5x to ask what they think.
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Fired...? hah nahh
Never made this connection huh?
Think backwards/sdrawkcab for a second.

Verizon... if you ever read any of this... HURRY UP

Well, the good news is sprint is getting the OTA. Perhaps that means we're closer than we thought....
@moversi Sprint HTC One M8 / M8 HK Owners! Great news, we have received technical approval on the Marshmallow OS update! OTA will start tonight! Thx!
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Planon going to project fi nexus 6p in April after contract also. Love my m8 but updates way to slow.
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rattfink said:
Planon going to project fi nexus 6p in April after contract also. Love my m8 but updates way to slow.
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:good:
I am not too optimistic we will see an official 6.0.1

carm01 said:
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I am not too optimistic we will see an official 6.0.1
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Verizon m8 mm still in testing.

We'll see it some time in March watch

@moversi ..... For Verizon M8, we're still a few weeks away from approval. I am looking at the end of the month as it stands.
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So probably no sooner than 3 weeks.

eriknors said:
We'll see it some time in March watch
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Damn good call lolz
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So probably no sooner than 3 weeks.
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The M9 is about to get marshmallow for Verizon. It's getting close!
@moversi Another approval received! Verizon HTC One (M9) w/Marshmallow is approved! OTA to start on 2/16 Kudos to @arpu31 for pushing this through!!
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I spoke too soon... S-OFF officially accomplished 2/15/16
I just wish I could get S-OFF on mine... It's proving to be ridiculously complicated, and all before a week ago I could've gotten the code from VZNWRLS, but I asked a day late & a dollar short

Looks like its the 16th.
http://www.gospelherald.com/article...izon-sprint-at-t-t-mobile-and-us-cellular.htm

xetas said:
Looks like its the 16th.
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I must be blind. See nothing saying VZW M8 MM tomorrow.

M-FayeHTC said:
I just wish I could get S-OFF on mine... It's proving to be ridiculously complicated, and all before a week ago I could've gotten the code from VZNWRLS, but I asked a day late & a dollar short
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I spoke too soon... Officially accomplished S-OFF after all this waiting Sorry this isn't relevant to MM, although I'm sitting tight waiting for it to come through... Anytime now Verizon, just take your good old time when we pay top dollar for your svc's :-X

schneid said:
I must be blind. See nothing saying VZW M8 MM tomorrow.
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It says m9 vzw tomorrow maybe when they drop mm for m8 vzw the m10 will be released too?

Nougat coming to S7 in January.

I hope Verizon doesn't take forever to release it's version.
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-7-1-1-update-samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-739887/
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Thank the lord!
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Huh, will be curious to see what it entails; I wasn't involved in the Nougat beta testing that Samsung had.

Found this today.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/1...7-0-nougat-update-s6-variants-note-5-next.htm

Just Got the December update today was a 349mb download too , and im thinking wow is it here is it nougat? I don't know why i thought that but ahh well nice to have an update

DBCAB said:
Just Got the December update today was a 349mb download too , and im thinking wow is it here is it nougat? I don't know why i thought that but ahh well nice to have an update
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You got a December update for the Verizon s7 Edge?

FoxyDrew said:
You got a December update for the Verizon s7 Edge?
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Yes but Im on the unlocked firmware Verizon s7 edge I had used odin to flash the unlocked firmware a few months back not rooted just received the APL4 with December security patch I suppose this is wrong place to have posted that since im on unlocked firmware.

No it's not!! Not to Verizon anyway!!

*not

Well only 2 days left in January 2017 and no Nougat update anywhere in site.
Once again, thanks Verizon for failing your loyal customers!!!!!!

Verizon will wait for S8 device to drop and then put the S7 devices on the shelf. I don't think that they ever intended to provide Nougat to S7 even though they participated in the beta. S8 is just a few months away therefore projecting another avenue of revenue for Verizon.

I wouldn't say that the s7 will be left out at least not by the developers of this forum. Maybe verizon however thanks to that person in the beta forum we can at least install 7.0 which is a beta maybe in we can un beta the beta in the future and have a perfect 7.0 rom. With that being said im just fine with 7.0
Won't really be a significant difference between 7.0 and 7.1.

February.... march...what the heck verizon get it together or im going back to straight talk, i thought i payed hundreds more for less inconvenience.

Same as it is every year. It's a contest between getting a new model phone with the new OS or Verizon letting us have one. Usually close to a tie. in any case I stopped worrying about the new OS and just get a new phone every year. That's' probably what they want.. Maybe this year I'll have it for about a few weeks at most before a new model is available. Whatever Verizon....

I'm looking to go to I phone 8 on T Mobile before buying another non updated locked down Samsung product from Verizon. I may try second gen pixel if it looks good.

I really want Nougat to be released but at the rate it's going, support is nonexistent for this phone. I'm honestly thinking of canceling my Verizon plan and going to Straight Talk with VZW towers. At least then I'll be able to pay for what I get, ya know? Just wish they had the Pixel XL on the straight talk payment plan store.

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I really want Nougat to be released but at the rate it's going, support is nonexistent for this phone. I'm honestly thinking of canceling my Verizon plan and going to Straight Talk with VZW towers. At least then I'll be able to pay for what I get, ya know? Just wish they had the Pixel XL on the straight talk payment plan store.
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You can do interest free financing for 24 months on the Google Play Store... then take it to whatever network you like...

gmerdude said:
Everyone on reddit says nougat destroys battery life can anyone confirm this?
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Battery life is twice as good as it was on Marshmallow

gmerdude said:
Everyone on reddit says nougat destroys battery life can anyone confirm this?
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Well, I wouldn't say destroy. It seems about even to me, maybe very minimally less.

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Well, I wouldn't say destroy. It seems about even to me, maybe very minimally less.
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Naw battery life was horrible on mm even on a rooted U firmware. The beta is really beneficial. I've been on the beta for a month and so far no problems. And I'm on update 1

Verizon bootloader unlock soon?

I know, I know, WHY DID I BUY THE VERIZON PIXEL 2? Well, i actually got it as a gift from my parents, they got the BestBuy 100$ off so they thought it was a good deal. I personally had a Nexus 6P but my battery was completely dying and i bought it from newegg so i cant rma it. I got it today and i love it, but its so weird without the ability to use still like greenify, adblock, titanium backup, etc. So is there a guess of when there will be a bootloader unlock if there will be one?

Was there ever an unlock for the Verizon Pixel? Therein lies your answer.

mtoomey79 said:
Was there ever an unlock for the Verizon Pixel? Therein lies your answer.
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Not sure if joking/sarcasm, but there was an unlock for the Pixel but it was discovered by accident. Definitely no guarantee for it this time around.

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Not sure if joking/sarcasm, but there was an unlock for the Pixel but it was discovered by accident. Definitely no guarantee for it this time around.
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There is a guarantee. It won't happen.
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There is a guarantee. It won't happen.
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That's a silly assumption...

I guess we can only hope the same thing happens. Im going to keep it for updating for as long as I can.

Etheralrealm said:
I guess we can only hope the same thing happens. Im going to keep it for updating for as long as I can.
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What do you mean? Why would you not update? You will never get root on that device so either sell it or live with it. Not updating will only make your device less secure. Besides, you'll need to update to the November patch in order to fix the Krack wifi exploit. This is not a silly assumption, this is fact. I'd be more than happy to eat my words at some point but for now the sugar is in the back of the cabinet.
All we need is a bounty thread at this point. You know that's next right? This way everyone complaining about Verizon can go to one place to rant and not all over the boards.

Etheralrealm said:
I know, I know, WHY DID I BUY THE VERIZON PIXEL 2? Well, i actually got it as a gift from my parents, they got the BestBuy 100$ off so they thought it was a good deal. I personally had a Nexus 6P but my battery was completely dying and i bought it from newegg so i cant rma it. I got it today and i love it, but its so weird without the ability to use still like greenify, adblock, titanium backup, etc. So is there a guess of when there will be a bootloader unlock if there will be one?
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Your choice is, buy a google version then sell the Vz one.

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Your choice is, buy a google version then sell the Vz one.
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Agreed. But if he got it as a gift then his options might be limited if it was not bought outright. I'd just say live with it, most people aren't rooting any longer anyway. There is no root yet although that might be coming when images are released. Bootloader unlock, however, on the Verizon Pixels is not going to happen anytime soon, if ever. And to the OP, @Etheralrealm you don't need TiB if you're not flashing roms really. Greenify is a waste with this device and Adaway has some VPN alternatives. I'd just enjoy the device and forget about messing with it.

Yeah, it was bought on a payment plan so my options with selling it are kind of limited.

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Agreed. But if he got it as a gift then his options might be limited if it was not bought outright. I'd just say live with it, most people aren't rooting any longer anyway. There is no root yet although that might be coming when images are released. Bootloader unlock, however, on the Verizon Pixels is not going to happen anytime soon, if ever. And to the OP, @Etheralrealm you don't need TiB if you're not flashing roms really. Greenify is a waste with this device and Adaway has some VPN alternatives. I'd just enjoy the device and forget about messing with it.
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I brought it back to Verizon and since it was only a few days they actually were willing to reverse my purchase. I ordered a 6P battery kit and it is working great again, hope it lasts!